Professional/specialist Famous Names Starting with Letter M

Was a German jurist and historian. She taught Law at the University of Zurich and Harvard University

Was a German jurist and historian. She taught Law at the University of Zurich and Harvard University (as visiting Professor) and was Director of the Max Planck Institute for European History of Law in Frankfurt am Main.

Was a progressive Roman Catholic theologian and a founder of the reformist journal Concilium. He ent

Was a progressive Roman Catholic theologian and a founder of the reformist journal Concilium. He entered the French Province of the Dominican Order (Order of Preachers) in 1913. His earlier theological work was on St. Thomas Aquinas, employing an historical method. He was invited to be a peritus, or expert, at the Roman Catholic Second Vatican Council (1962-65) where he was influential in the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes). (see Walter Principe, "Chenu, M.D" in Harper Collins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Edited by Richard McBrien, 1995.)

Was a French biblical scholar. He was educated in Rome, he was professor of the New Testament. As pa

Was a French biblical scholar. He was educated in Rome, he was professor of the New Testament. As part of the École Biblique, he was one of the translators who created the Jerusalem Bible. He was a member of Dominican Order, and was one of the most important French biblical scholars.

Was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Despite initial opposition from her parents

Was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Despite initial opposition from her parents and difficulties presented by a gender-biased society, she gained education from books in her father's library and from correspondence with famous mathematicians such as Lagrange, Legendre, and Gauss. One of the pioneers of elasticity theory, she won the grand prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for her essay on the subject

Was a French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "fa

Was a French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics" (Bohn 1988:225).

Was a Dutch astronomer.In 1917 he departed for the Dutch East Indies (now called Indonesia) and was

Was a Dutch astronomer.In 1917 he departed for the Dutch East Indies (now called Indonesia) and was employed at several sugar factories of the Handels Vereeniging Amsterdam (H.V.A.) as a chemist, becoming a head chemist after three years.Afterwards he was employed in the plantations of the same company’s factories and became a director of the sugar estate of Minggiran in Java in 1935. In 1923 he married Hillegonda Hendrika van Donkelaar and in 1928 their daughter Angenita was born.

Was an Italian-American linguist and polyglot, who wrote a number of popular books known for their a

Was an Italian-American linguist and polyglot, who wrote a number of popular books known for their accessibility to readers who lack a professional background in linguistics.In 1923, he began his career teaching languages at City College in New York, and in 1928 he published his translation of Vittoria Ermete de Fiori's Mussolini: The Man of Destiny. Pei received his doctorate from Columbia University in 1937, focusing on Sanskrit, Old Church Slavonic, and Old FrenchIn 1937, he joined the Department of Romance Languages at Columbia University, becoming a full professor in 1952. In 1941, he published his first language book, The Italian Language. His facility with languages was in demand in World War II, and Pei served as a language consultant and served with two agencies of the Department of War. As a consultant, he wrote language textbooks, developed language courses and wrote language guidebooks.

Is an Argentine philosopher and physicist mainly active in Canada.Bunge began his studies at Univers

Is an Argentine philosopher and physicist mainly active in Canada.Bunge began his studies at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, graduating with a Ph.D. in physico-mathematical sciences in 1952. He was professor of theoretical physics and philosophy, 1956–1966, first at La Plata then at Universidad de Buenos Aires. He is currently the Frothingham Professor of Logics and Metaphysics at McGill University in Montreal, where he has lived with his wife Marta, herself a distinguished mathematician, since 1966.

Was a Professor at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). A very versatile man, he was a research sci

Was a Professor at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). A very versatile man, he was a research scientist, a lecturer, an editor, an administrator and also an artist. In his scientific work, he was a pioneer ecologist in Brazil. His power of communication linked to a great love of botany and the environment and a deep scientific knowledge made of him an exceptional lecturer. In his books and articles on science he informed the public about ecology and pollution - and in a very simple but precise language he presented the necessary data to understand the importance of the protection of the environment.

Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or

Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.[1] He is currently Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Biology at the University of Utah School of Medicine, which he joined in 1973.

Was a geoscientist who worked at the Shell research lab in Houston, Texas. He made several important

Was a geoscientist who worked at the Shell research lab in Houston, Texas. He made several important contributions to geology and geophysics, most notably the Hubbert curve and Hubbert peak theory (or peak oil), with important political ramifications. He was often referred to as "M. King Hubbert" or "King Hubbert".

Was an English naturalist. Between 1731 and 1743 Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina,

Was an English naturalist. Between 1731 and 1743 Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. It included 220 plates of birds, reptiles and amphibians, fish, insects, and mammals.Catesby was baptized at Castle Hedingham, Essex. His father was a lawyer and gentleman farmer. An acquaintance with the naturalist John Ray led to his becoming interested in natural history. Catesby studied natural history in London before going to stay with his sister in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1712. The death of his father six years earlier had left him enough to live on. After a visit to the West Indies in 1714, he returned to Virginia, and then home to England in 1719.

Was a jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He died after a long bout with canc

Was a jurist and former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He died after a long bout with cancer on 20 January 2009.Fernando was born in a family with a long judicial tradition on 27 February 1941. His father was former Chief Justice H. N. G. Fernan

Is Research Professor in Asia Minor and Ancient Greek at Ghent University, where he studied Classics

Is Research Professor in Asia Minor and Ancient Greek at Ghent University, where he studied Classics, Hebrew and Linguistics. Before coming to Ghent, Janse has been editor of Linguistic Bibliography and Professor of Linguistics and Classics and Head of the Department of Arts & Humanities at Roosevelt Academy, an international honours college of Utrecht University. He is a former visiting fellow of the University of Amsterdam and All Souls College in Oxford, and has been a visiting professor at Ghent University, the University of Amsterdam, Ohio State University and the University of Patras.

An American music journalist and author. A graduate of East Carolina University, he has served as mu

An American music journalist and author. A graduate of East Carolina University, he has served as music editor of Rolling Stone and vice president of music editorial for MTV Networks. In 1997 he received a Grammy nomination for his liner notes to the CD Farewells & Fantasies, a retrospective of music by '60s protest singer Phil Ochs. His book Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South was published by Free Press/Simon & Schuster in 2004 and issued in soft cover by the University of Georgia Press in 2006.

Is a Distinguished Professor of Geography at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. He specializ

Is a Distinguished Professor of Geography at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. He specializes in toponymy, geography, and geographic information systems. His popular written works show a combination of serious study and a sense of humor. Most of

An American economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington,

An American economist and co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. He has written numerous research papers on economic policy, and is co-author, with Dean Baker, of Social Security: The Phony Crisis (University of Chicago Press, 2000), a refutation of prevailing wisdom on reform of the Social Security system in the United States. He has written extensively about the economies of developing countries, with special attention to Venezuela and other Latin American nations.

Is a rally driver from Estonia, who competed in the World Rally Championship from 2000 until 2005. M

Is a rally driver from Estonia, who competed in the World Rally Championship from 2000 until 2005. Märtin, as understudy to then-team mates Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz, shot to prominence with Ford World Rally Team in the 2002 World Rally Championship se

Was a Jewish German physician and lecturer on philosophy. he was destined for a mercantile career, a

Was a Jewish German physician and lecturer on philosophy. he was destined for a mercantile career, and in 1762 went to Königsberg, East Prussia. He soon gave up his position as clerk and attended the university of Königsberg, becoming a pupil of Kant, but

Was an English ornithologist and collector. He was the author of Ornithologica Britannica (1771), pr

Was an English ornithologist and collector. He was the author of Ornithologica Britannica (1771), probably the first British work to use binomial nomenclature.In 1760 he succeeded to the family estates of Scargill, Hutton, Long Villers and Wycliffe. Being a Catholic, he was educated at Douai in France. On completing his studies he took up residence in Welbeck Street, London, where he formed an extensive museum, as well as a large collection of living birds and animals. After his marriage in 1776 the museum was moved to Wycliffe, and at the time was one of the finest in England.

Was an American race car driver.He was nicknamed by NASCAR fans as the "King of the Beach" for his p

Was an American race car driver.He was nicknamed by NASCAR fans as the "King of the Beach" for his performances at the Daytona Beach Road Course.He walked into fellow Daytona Beach resident Smokey Yunick's "Best Damned Garage in Town", and launched Yunick's legendary NASCAR mechanic career.

Was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance, an astrologe

Was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance, an astrologer, a reviver of Neoplatonism who was in touch with every major academic thinker and writer of his day, and the first translator of Plato's complete extant

Was an American geneticist famously known for being a member of the 1952 team which experimentally s

Was an American geneticist famously known for being a member of the 1952 team which experimentally showed that DNA rather than protein is the genetic material of life. Chase was born in 1927 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. In 1950 she received her bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster and in 1964 her PhD from the University of Southern California.In 1952 as a young laboratory assistant of American bacteriophage expert Alfred Hershey at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, she and Hershey conducted one of the most famous experiments in 20th-century biology. Devised by Hershey, the experiment demonstrated the genetic properties of DNA over proteins. By marking bacteriophages with radioactive isotopes, Hershey and Chase were able to trace protein and DNA to determine that DNA is the molecule of heredity.

Is an American philosopher with a particular interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, politic

Is an American philosopher with a particular interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, political philosophy and ethics.

Is a Canadian statistician, academic, and the former Chief Statistician of Canada. In 1965, together

Is a Canadian statistician, academic, and the former Chief Statistician of Canada. In 1965, together with Samuel Shapiro, he developed the Shapiro-Wilk test which can indicate whether a sample of numbers would be unusual if it came from a Gaussian distrib